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Palaeoscyllium

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscyllium was named by Wagner (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scyllidae by Woodward (1889); to Scylliorhinidae by Jordan (1963); to Orectolobiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scyliorhinidae by Underwood (2002), Underwood and Ward (2004), Rees (2005) and Underwood and Ward (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Palaeoscyllium Wagner
1889Palaeoscyllium Woodward p. 338
1963Palaeoscyllium Jordan p. 598
2002Palaeoscyllium Sepkoski
2002Palaeoscyllium Underwood
2004Palaeoscyllium Underwood and Ward p. 451
2005Palaeoscyllium Rees p. 214
2008Palaeoscyllium Underwood and Ward p. 516

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusPalaeoscylliumWagner 1857

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Palaeoscyllium Wagner 1857
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†Palaeoscyllium formosum Wagner 1857
†Palaeoscyllium minus Woodward 1889
Palaeoscyllium tenuidens Underwood and Ward 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Barremian or 167.70000 to 125.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) P. tenuidens (91449)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain P. sp (151897 151901)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany P. sp. (117194)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. sp. (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Barvaria) P. sp. (187438)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) P. formosum (140224)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) P. sp. (64848)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) P. formosum (101091)